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elaborate
adjective
verb
developed or executed with care and in minute detail
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- E
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- LABORAT
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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adjective
developed or executed with care and in minute detail
“a detailed plan”
adjective
marked by complexity and richness of detail
“an elaborate lace pattern”
verb
work out in detail
“elaborate a plan”
verb
make more complex, intricate, or richer
“refine a design or pattern”
verb
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
“She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation”
verb
produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
“The bee elaborates honey”
In context
Example Sentences
a detailed plan
{'source': 'John Buchan', 'text': 'the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion'}
the carefully elaborated theme
an elaborate lace pattern
elaborate a plan
refine a design or pattern
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
The bee elaborates honey
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